How Indians Lived Off the Land in Great Lakes Regions
A Wisconsin botanist summarizes Jesuit records on Great Lakes Indians survival during famine. Acorns, lichens, tubers, and wild berries sustained tribes when hunting or fishing failed, with acorns serving as a staple and lichens feeding via broth. The piece traces preparation methods and notes lichens’ surprising nutrition.
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Great Lakes
University of Wisconsin
Wilma Zicker
California
Pen Pals List Seeks Young Readers for Pen Pal Club
A page of pen pal requests invites children to write Captain Hal care of the paper. Entries include names and ages from across the United States, with hobbies such as stamp collecting, riding, swimming, and animal care.
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Captain Mal
Hal
Linda Stroupe
Third St. Cramerton, N.C
Captain Hal
Ellen Mary Morris
Central Ave
Waukesha, Wis
Harriet Collier
Dunber Ave
Columbus, Ga
Johnny and Snuffy Use California Pedestrian Law
In Los Angeles Johnny recalls his father’s warn ing that pedestrians have the right of way. He tests crossing the street with Snuffy the puppy, and one by one cars stop to let him pass. He safely reaches the curb and carries Snuffy to safety.
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Johnny
Snuffy
Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Rainy Saturday Party Games from a Big Calendar Page
Fun indoor and yard games listed with simple setups and scoring. Include 200 Game with a discarded calendar, Imitation Volley, Tin Can Golf using cans sized by height, a makeshift bowling using stockings and milk cartons, and Table Leg Horseshoes with hoops. Each activity uses household items and simple rules.
Piece Column Puzzle Finds Four Hidden Birds
Puzzle Pete hides four birds in a rebus using words and pictures. Read the column to spot the clues and name each bird, completing the hidden treasure within the puzzle page.
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Pete
Puzzle Pete’s Bird Hidden Crossword Challenge
A vintage puzzle page presents a crossword with across and down clues about birds and hidden letters. It asks to transform GAME to BIRD in five single-letter steps, notes a solution path, and hints that ORIOLES center Puzzle Pete’s word diamond with clues for its second through sixth words including befor e, wrongdoings, a girl’s name, and an Oriental coin.
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Puzzle Pete
Orioles
Pete
Puzzle Answers And Mysterious Crosstalk Revealed
A garbled puzzle text hints at ciphered answers from Nas NATTA SU TOIYO STIAD aqua GANOMId and related sequences. The string includes fragments like UIA preq ateq GINWD NIVHO CuUId Bul IMO dS suggesting coded clues. Readers are left to decipher the mixed syllables and extract likely names or topics from the jumbled OCR.
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Ganomid
Sierra Sam Aids Aviation In High Speed Tests
Sierra Sam is a life size test dummy built by Sierra Engineering Co of California. Four sizes from 5 ft 5 in to 6 ft tall imitate a human body with steel skeleton and alum skull. It endures extreme forces to study pilot safety and equipment needs.
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Sierra Engineering Co
California
Sierra Sam
Sam
Dear Mr Info advising readers on manners and homesteading
Questions from young readers cover social behavior and homesteading basics. A sixth grader asks how to handle a girl walking with him without carrying her books. Another asks what homesteading entails beyond farming in Alaska.
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Paul H
Info
Alaska
Carol J.L
Aunt Mary Jo or Mary Jo where to draw line?
A reader argues about whether to call an older playmate Aunt Maria Jo. The exchange notes ages are close and suggests not required. Other letters confirm wolves exist in US and discuss wrestling reality and exercises.
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Mary Jo
Shirley
Peanut Boats Craft from Peanut Halves
Create tiny sailing boats from peanut shells and sails cut from white paper. Attach sails to toothpicks, insert into each boat, add a soap chip as a keel, and watch them float in water. Make a fleet for yourself and friends from a bag of peanuts.
Brain Teaser Style Fishes and Food Pairings
A playful quiz listing puns about fish that could drive nails fight with a match carry a light never wants for money play in a band carries a weapon row a boat slowest fish pairs hamburgers steer a fish found in the sky and other wordplay lines with garbled trailing text.
Happy Birthday Gift Idea for Mom
Collect small empty bottles with putty shaped tops from the kitchen or medicine cabinet. Cut pictures from magazines that will please your mother and paste them on the bottles. Cover with clear shellac to prevent rubbing off and paint the lids with available enamel for a bright finish.
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United States
James Larsen
Shirley Hutchins
Lincoln St. Cramerton, N.C
Ellen Orenstein
Tiames St
New London, Conn
Vickie Davis
8Th St. Cramerton, N.C
Thomas Whittaker
Alliston St. Lawrence, Mass
Sandra Kay Koster
Garfield
Corpus Christi
Tex
Kelly Koster
Linda Davis
Pitcairn Ave
Jeannette, Pa
Margaret Skeels
R.F.D
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Shirley Meadows
William St. Lynn, Mass
Betty Bezdek
Lancer
Dr. Corpus Christi, Tex
Doris Perry
Springvale Ave
Lynn, Mass
Angela Stewart
Stanley, N.C
Robert Hart
Pinebrook Dr
Cal
Marsh
Bird Chain
BIRD
Nas
Weldon D. Woodson
pHote
Mister Info
Van
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Russ T
Mr. Info
Happy
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